Means for holding burial caskets or the like in shipping receptacles



Aug. 7, 1923. I 1,464,216

R. F. PADEN MEANS FOR HOLDING BURIAL GASKETS OR THE LIKE IN SHIPPING REQEPTACLES Filed June 19,

INVENTOR @Mwam 'BY A W 1 ATT NEY. I

To all whom it may concern:

i atented Aug. 7, 1923.

srarss MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LGUIS'COFFIH ROBERT F. PADEN, OF GLENDALE,

latent Parana COIMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPGEATION OF THISSOURI.

Application filed June 19, 1922/ Serial No. 589,451

Be it known that l, Roxanna F. PADEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glendale, in the county of St. Louis, State of ivlissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Holding Burial Caskets or the like in Shipping Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to secure a burial casket within the customary outside box or shipping receptacle in such manner that it will be firmly but detachably fastened thereto and without marring its exterior appearance. J

l-leretofore, in order to prevent caskets from moving around in their boxes and thus scraping or scufling their outside trimming, it has been customary to drive wedges between them and the sides of their boxes; but this has injured their appearance to a certain extent, as it has mashed fiat the nap of the cloth trimming and has left its trace.

The present invention can be used with a coilin made of any material, but is especially useful in connection with all-steel caskets. It can be used, also, withother articles besides cofiins.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, I

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a retaining p;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a nut adapted to fit therein; I

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a washer;

Figure 4' is a side elevation of a bolt adapted to cooperate with the said washer and nut;

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the nut Figure 8 is a sectional view (broken away)" through parts of a casket and shipping receptacle and through the retaining device. Through the floor 1 of the outer box is bored a plurality of holes 2 for the passage of a plurality of bolts 3, having heads i and a groove 5 for screwing purposes in each.

A retaining cap 6 opposite each bolt 3 is sweated or otherwise welded upon the interior of the floor 7 of casket 8 and is interiorly shaped with corners 9 or angles adapted to hold nut 10 from turning, which nut 10 is placed with cap 6 to be retained thereby before cap 6 is attached to floor 7. As many holes 2 are provided in floor 1 as will match the numberofholes 11 in the floor 7 of casket 8. One cap 6 covers each hole 11. In an all-steel casket, caps 6 are attached as metal to metal; but if the casket 8 be of wood caps 6 can be attached by screws or the like.

The threads 12 on bolts 3 oo-operate with the threads 13 within nuts 10, and by means of a screwdriver or the like in groove 5 the head 4 of bolt 3 can be drawn against washer 14 and washer 14 against the bottom of floor 1, and thus casket 8 will be tightly attached to floor 1 and kept from jostling around in the shipping receptacle.

The number of sets of holes and devices will be varied according to the size and weight of the casket 8 and other circum stances.

The cap 6 is dished and curved interiorly, and the curved corners 15 fit against the said curve, but the corners 16 of nut 10 fit into corners 9; so that nut 10 can not turn, although it is loosely held by cap 6.

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit of allchanges in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts,

as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim: a

1. In combination with an article to be shipped, a shipping receptacle, means passing through a wall of the article and a wall of the receptacle for maintaining the article within the receptacle within proper-predetermined bounds, additional means located within the article for holding said first-mentioned means in the position above men'- tioned, and a protective and retaining cap secured to the inner surface of a wall of the article to maintain said additional means in proper operative position.

2. In combination with an articleto be shipped, a shipping receptacle, one wall of the article and a corresponding wall of the receptacle being formed with registering holes, a screw-threaded bolt passing through seid holes, a nut loeated within theertiole,

and aretaining anclprotectivecep secured to the inner wall of the article so as to malnta n thenut in a given positlon whlle the 'bolt is being turned into the nut;

3. A casket, aeshipping box'adapted to enclose said casket the bottom of the casket and'the bottom of the shipping boxbeing formed with a plurality of holes which are so arranged that they may be placed in registretion, means for maintaining the sifcl e walls endtop wall of the casket spaced from the :COIIQSPOllCllDg Walls of the shipping, box; v sald means including ein inwarclly project- 1 Bonner 'PADENQ 

